MTH 415/515, Partial Differential Equations

Daily Schedule, Spring 2008

 

JAN 15   1.1 & 1.2 Heat in a One-Dimensional Rod
JAN 17   1.3 Boundary Conditions; 1.4 Equilibrium Temperature Distribution
JAN 22   1.5 Derivation of the Heat Equation; 2.1 Separation of Variables
JAN 24   2.2 Linearity; 2.3 Heat Equation, Zero Temperatures
JAN 29   2.3 cont.
JAN 31   2.4 Examples with the Heat Equation
FEB 5   2.5 Laplace's Equation
FEB 7   3.1, 3.2 Convergence Theorems
FEB 12   3.3 Fourier Cosine and Sine Series
FEB 14   Exam 1
FEB 19   3.4 Differentiation of Fourier Series
FEB 21   3.5 Integration; 4.1 & 4.2 Vertically Vibrating String
FEB 26   4.3 Boundary Conditions on a String; 4.4 Vibrating String with Fixed Ends
FEB 28   4.4 Vibrating Membrane; 5.1 Sturm Liouville Problems
MAR 4   5.2 Heat Flow Examples; 5.3 Eigenvalue Problems
MAR 6   5.4 Nonuniform Rod; 5.5 Self-Adjoint Operators
MAR 11   5.6 Rayleigh Quotient; 5.6 Nonuniform String
MAR 13   5.7 Boundary Conditions of the Third Kind
MAR 18   5.9 Asymptotic Behavior; 6.1 Finite Differences
MAR 20   Exam 2
MAR 23-30   Spring Vacation
APR 1   6.2 Truncated Taylor Series; 6.3 Partial Differences
APR 3   6.3 Fourier-von Neumann, Nonhomogeneity
APR 8   6.4 2D Heat Equation; 6.5 Wave Equation
APR 10   6.6 Finite Differences & Laplace's Equation; 6.7 Finite Element Method
APR 15   7.1 & 7.2 Separation of Variables in 3D
APR 17   7.3 Vibrating Rectangular Membrane; 7.4 Eigenvalue Theorems
APR 22   7.5 Multidimensions; 7.6 Rayleigh Quotient in 3D
APR 24   7.7 Vibrating Circular Membrane
APR 29   7.8 Bessel Functions; 7.9 Circular Cylinders
MAY 1   7.10 Spherical Problems, Legendre Polynomials
MAY 8   Final Exam, Thursday, 10:15 - 12:15 AM